Reload component Y imported with 'from X import Y'
python, python-import
Solution
If Y is a module (and X a package) `reload(Y)` will be fine -- otherwise, you'll see why good Python style guides (such as my employer's) say to never import anything except a module (this is one out of many great reasons -- yet people still keep importing functions and classes directly, no matter how much I explain that it's not a good idea;-).
Problem
In Python, once I have imported a module X in an interpreter session using `import X`, and the module changes on the outside, I can reload the module with `reload(X)`. The changes then become available in my interpreter session. I am wondering if this also possible when I import a component Y from module X using `from X import Y`. The statement `reload Y` does not work, since `Y` is not a module itself, but only a component (in this case a class) inside of a module. Is it possible at all to reload individual components of a module without leaving the interpreter session (or importing the entire module)? For clarification, the question is about importing a class or function Y from a module X and reloading on a change, not a module Y from a package X.